Representative image

• US 9,542,005 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Suggs, Bradley Neal, Briden, John J., McCarthy, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jr., Kenneth B
• Application Number:
  US14/860,862
• Publication Number:
  US 20160011674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system including a display, a sensor and a controller. The sensor can detect an object and generate data related to the object. The controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a display;

a sensor to detect an object and generate data related to the object; and

a controller to determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display and to determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the first representative image and the second representative image are radially symmetric images, wherein the first representative image or the second representative image is formed of a closed element and wherein the other of the first representative image or the second representative image is formed of an open element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller determines when the object is within a first volume from the display before displaying the first or second representative image on the panel.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the displayed element is associated with the object or the representative image when the pose of the object is closed.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first representative image and the second representative image are repositioned on the display when data indicates the object detected changed positions.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage including data accessed by the controller to determine when the first pose is one of a hand with fingers extended and a hand with fingers touching.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an enclosure including the display and the sensor.

7. A method, comprising:

displaying on a display a first representative image on the display indicating a first pose of an object on the display;

displaying a second representative image representing a second pose of the object; and

associating the second representative image with a displayed element when the controller determines coordinates of the displayed element correspond to coordinates of the second representative image, wherein the first representative image and the second representative image are radially symmetric images having different respective diameters.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the second representative image on the display in response to a pose change.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising detecting an orientation, distance from the display, and position while in a second pose of the object and rotating or moving the displayed element respectively.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising activating a displayed element when a sensor detects an object within a touch distance from the display.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor to:

display on a display a first representative image on the display indicating a first pose of an object on the two dimensional display;

display a second representative image representing a second pose of the object on the two dimensional display, wherein the first representative image and the second representative image are radially symmetric images; and

associate the second representative image with a displayed element when the controller determines coordinates of the displayed element correspond to coordinates of the second representative image having different respective diameters.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 further comprising instructions to adjust the size of the first or second representative image based on the distance from the display of the object.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 further comprising instructions to move a displayed element that is connected to the second representative image when the second representative image is moved according to a position of the object.